Summary June headline inflation at 3.52% vs 3.64% in Reuters pollCore inflation at 2.58% vs 2.64% in pollSome economists forecast interest rate cut in Q3JAKARTA, July 3 (Reuters) - Indonesia's annual inflation rate in June eased to 3.52%, settling into the central bank's target range for a second straight month, data from the statistics bureau showed on Monday. Headline inflation dropped to its lowest since April 2022 and came in below the 3.64% expected in a Reuters poll and below the 4.00% seen in May. Transportation fares, food prices and rents rose in June, Pudji Ismartini, deputy head of Statistics Indonesia, said in a press conference. The core inflation rate, which strips out government-controlled and volatile food prices, eased to 2.58% in June from 2.66% a month before. The poll had expected 2.64% core inflation.

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Persons: Pudji Ismartini, Fakhrul Fulvian, Radhika Rao, Stefanno Sulaiman, Fransiska, Kanupriya Kapoor Organizations: Reuters, Bank, Statistics, BI, Trimegah Securities, DBS, Thomson Locations: JAKARTA, Asia's, Statistics Indonesia